Subsurface hydrologic regime and estimation of diffuse soil water flux in a semi arid region

Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue , 1997, Pages

  Joshi, Bhaskar ^c   Maule, Charles ^a   De Jong, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b HART CROWSER INC   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Balance; Chloride; Flux; Mass; Nitrate; Plane; Semi arid; Vadose; Water; Zero

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; ROOT SYSTEM; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL WATER; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 0009910555     PISSN: 10893032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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